There are Plasmodium species infecting mammals other than primates.
Besides humans, dogs, and cats, the fungus can be shown to infect most mammals, even if they do not get sick from it very often.
As a condition for the approval, the company must complete a test to prove the virus cannot infect mammals.
At that time nine subtypes were known to infect mammals and birds, all of which had been found in humans.
The virus, called influenza A or type A, usually lives in birds, but sometimes infects mammals, including humans.
The adult forms are essentially parasites of humans, but also infect domesticated mammals.
One species, Rhinosporidium seeberi, infects birds and mammals, including humans.
Oocysts can infect humans, as well as other mammals and birds.
The body louse, unlike all other kinds that infect mammals, clings to clothing, not hair.
Subsequently, many polyomaviruses have been found to infect birds and mammals.